Things to see in Johannesburg
Johannesburg is a city in South Africa, with an urban population of about 3.4 million. Below are 20 notable places within about 15 km of the centre, ranked by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
1Satyagraha House Museum
Satyagraha House, commonly known as Gandhi House, is a museum and guest house located in Johannesburg. The house belonged to Mahatma Gandhi: he lived and worked there between 1908 and 1909.
2Hillbrow Tower Landmark
The Hillbrow Tower is a tall tower located in the suburb of Hillbrow in Johannesburg, South Africa.
3Nelson Mandela Bridge Landmark
Nelson Mandela Bridge is a bridge in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is the fourth of five bridges which cross the railway lines and sidings located just west of Johannesburg Park Station, the first being the Johan Rissik Bridge adjacent to the station.
4Apartheid Museum Museum
The Apartheid Museum is a museum illustrating apartheid and the 20th-century history of South Africa. The museum, part of the Gold Reef City complex located in the south of Johannesburg, was opened in November 2001.
5Johannesburg Art Gallery Art
The Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG) is an art gallery in Joubert Park in the city centre of Johannesburg, South Africa. It was once the largest gallery on the continent with a collection of more than 9000 artworks.
6Johannesburg Zoo Park
The Johannesburg Zoo or Joburg Zoo is a 55-hectare (140-acre) zoo in Johannesburg, South Africa. The zoo is dedicated to the accommodation, enrichment, husbandry, and medical care of wild animals, and houses about 2000 individuals of 320 species.
7Statue of Mahatma Gandhi Landmark
M. K. Gandhi is a bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Gandhi Square, Johannesburg, which depicts the Indian independence campaigner and nonviolent pacifist as a young man.
8Gandhi Square Neighbourhood
Gandhi Square (formerly Van Der Bijl Square and Government Square) is a plaza located in the Central Business District of Johannesburg, South Africa.
9Gold Reef City Park
Gold Reef City is an amusement park in Johannesburg, South Africa. Located on an old gold mine which closed in 1971, the park is themed around the gold rush that started in 1886 on the Witwatersrand, and the buildings in the park are designed to mimic this period.
10Cathedral of Christ the King Place of worship
The Cathedral of Christ the King is a Catholic cathedral in Johannesburg, South Africa.
11Market Theatre Arts & culture
The Market Theatre, based in the downtown bohemian suburb of Newtown in Johannesburg, South Africa, was opened in 1976, operating as an independent, anti-racist theatre during the country's apartheid regime.
12Nelson Mandela Square Neighbourhood
Nelson Mandela Square is a shopping centre in Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa. It includes a large open area built to resemble a traditional European town square, and an office complex.
13Anglo-Boer War Memorial History
The Anglo-Boer War Memorial was originally called the Rand Regiments Memorial and dedicated to the men of the Witwatersrand who joined as British soldiers in the Rand Regiments and who had lost their lives during the Second Boer War (1899–1902).
14MuseuMAfricA Museum
Museum Africa or MuseuMAfricA (formerly known as the Africana Museum) is a historical museum in Newtown, Johannesburg, South Africa.
15Johannesburg South Africa Temple Place of worship
The Johannesburg South Africa Temple is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints located in Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa.
16Hector Pieterson Museum Museum
The Hector Pieterson Museum is a museum located in Orlando West, Soweto, South Africa.
17Zoo Lake Nature
Zoo Lake is a popular lake and public park in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is part of the Hermann Eckstein Park and is opposite the Johannesburg Zoo.
18South African National Museum of Military History Museum
The South African National Museum of Military History in Johannesburg was officially opened by Prime Minister Jan Smuts on 29 August 1947 to preserve the history of South Africa's involvement in the Second World War.
19Goodman Gallery Art
Goodman Gallery is an art gallery founded in Johannesburg, South Africa by Linda Givon (previously Goodman) in 1966. The gallery operates spaces in Johannesburg, Cape Town, London and New York.
20Greek Orthodox Church, Joubert Park Place of worship
The Cathedral of Saints Constantine and Helen is a historical Greek Orthodox Church in Johannesburg, designed by architect Hermann Kallenbach and built in 1912.
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